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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Christopher J. Maddox, Oceanside, CA (US);
Mark J. Hassebrock, Frederick, CO (US);
Philip Hobson Boothby, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael D. Johnson, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert James Stone, Arvada, CO (US);
Craig Ronald Townsend, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher J. Maddox, Oceanside, CA (US);
Mark J. Hassebrock, Frederick, CO (US);
Philip Hobson Boothby, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael D. Johnson, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert James Stone, Arvada, CO (US);
Craig Ronald Townsend, Broomfield, CO (US);
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A game pad controller for connection to a portable phone has an outer casing and a game control unit within the casing. The front of the casing has a seat for locating the portable phone and at least one keypad adjacent the seat for user engagement to control a game. The seat has a channel for slidably receiving an adapter, which is either attached to the rear face of the phone or to a holder for the phone. A releasable latching mechanism at the inner end of the channel releasably secures the adapter in the channel. The adapter may be a dimpled hub device. The arrangement allows the game pad controller to be used with any type of portable phone.